A group of Glasgow residents have launched a crowdfunding bid to establish the city’s first ‘mobile soup kitchen’ in an effort to feed those sleeping rough over the freezing winter months.

The Winter Project hope to raise the £1,500 needed to fully kit out a disused trailer with catering facilities before driving around Glasgow's streets long after conventional homeless services have closed to deliver hot food, warm clothing and companionship.

The group, who describe themselves as "human beings with a big pot of food," say they are eager to get out on the streets before the cold starts to move in and have already consulted with members of the homeless community on areas to target on a nightly basis.

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Spokesman Colin McInnes - who started the project alongside friend Fraser Riddell - said they hoped to fill the void left by cuts to homeless services including the Hamish Allan centre, which closed its doors in September last year.

Colin, 27, added: "There are going to be people who die this winter because they cannot get a hot meal. Most soup kitchens close at around 8pm, exactly when the frost starts really hitting."

"We went out recently and spoke to a few of those sleeping rough outside of the Royal Concert Hall to gauge what they thought of the idea and they were ecstatic. They were telling us what time to come, what streets to go to.

"I think they were surprised that we wanted to help, but we're all human, if the community pulls together and shows some spirit, we can achieve something."

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It comes just days after homeless shelter bosses warned of the risk of finding "corpses on the streets" with biting winter temperatures set to grip the city over the coming months.

The project has already been inundated with offers of help from the local community, having spent £250 on the initial purchase of the trailer.

A 'team of mechanics' say they are ready to ensure the trailer is road safe and a local joiner has signed up to donate his skills in a bid to transform the interior into a working kitchen.

Colin told the Evening Times he was inspired to start the project after sister Tina, who also volunteers with the group, "turned her life around" following a period living on the streets in London.

He said: “I have had a few people in my life who have been homeless. My sister spent two winters on the street. It gets absolutely freezing in the winter and listening to someone who is your blood tell you this, it changes your whole perspective on the problem.”

“In London, there are a wealth of resources available to those on the streets, it is a different story in Glasgow where services have been cut.”

He added: "I’m a human being making a pot of food. There will be a receipt put online for every single penny of expenditure, we’re interested in getting a trailer on the road, some compassion to people. We’ll see how it goes."

Donations can be made to the campaign here.